CISSP Contract Job Trends in Preston

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 9.09% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 14.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £875 - -
90th Percentile £920 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £700 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £44.05 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £41.94 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Preston

CISSP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Preston.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 55 27 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 62.50% 40.30% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 18 5
10th Percentile £258 £350 -
25th Percentile £550 £403 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 £532 £550
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -3.36% +21.54%
75th Percentile £813 £538 £650
90th Percentile £950 £600 £692
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £521 £575
% change year-on-year +5.52% -9.35% +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 36
10th Percentile £38.57 £34.31 £13.92
25th Percentile £41.94 £38.49 -
Median hourly rate £45.46 £47.65 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +196.72% -60.43%
75th Percentile £72.88 £59.01 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.18 £64.51 £50.00
Lancashire median hourly rate £52.78 £46.18 £16.06
% change year-on-year +14.28% +187.55% -60.43%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

CISSP job vacancy trend in Preston

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CISSP

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Preston over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Preston

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CISSP

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Senior
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Operations Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (87.50%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (75.00%) Information Security
3 5 (62.50%) Mentoring
4 4 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (50.00%) Data Science
4 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (50.00%) Line Management
4 4 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 4 (50.00%) SIEM
4 4 (50.00%) SOAR
4 4 (50.00%) Tech Ops
4 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (50.00%) Use Case
5 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
5 3 (37.50%) Service Management
6 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
6 2 (25.00%) SDLC
6 2 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) CISM
3 5 (62.50%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) CREST Certified
7 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (12.50%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (12.50%) Degree
7 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory